Griffiths

[Bill James]

Not to mention Ben actually tackles, will go to ground, crash packs etc. Tyrone wouldn't do any of those things because he may just hurt his
little finger......

And we win 55% of games Griff plays and only 45% when TV plays. Griff may not kick as many goals as TV but the way he plays helps the forward structure.

 

[zgod]

this year was his year, started taking marks and kicking important goals

I thought he severd up the same vanilla. Can't take a pack mark to save his life. Reckon he only survived because we have no one else.

 

[zgod]

Oh and the goals. More often than not he will kill any momentum we have by spraying an easy shot from 30 out. Too scared to have a ping from downtown. A very dissapointing player. Has the tools but is way to timid

 

[btoz_01]

Oh and the goals. More often than not he will kill any momentum we have by spraying an easy shot from 30 out. Too scared to have a ping from downtown. A very dissapointing player. Has the tools but is way to timid

IMO he's playing to Dimmer instruction not allowed to have long shots at goal must pass to someone 20m out so predictable

 

[Tames]

With Ty going, we had to keep him.

Inconsistent, but that does mean he can improve.

 

[zgod]

IMO he's playing to Dimmer instruction not allowed to have long shots at goal must pass to someone 20m out so predictable

Don't think that's the case. Seen plenty of players, houli even, line up from 50+
He is just not up to it.

 

[zgod]

With Ty going, we had to keep him.

Inconsistent, but that does mean he can improve.

Cleve Hughes was inconsistent. He was unlucky we had others to replace him.

 

[thomas the tiger]

I have some faith in Griffith. Has all the attributes

 

[UKTiger]

I have some faith in Griffith. Has all the attributes

All he needs now is consistent confidence in his ability

 

[BrisTiger24]

From Emma Quayle:

Ben Griffiths

(18, Eastern Ranges, 199cm, 98kg)

Griffiths is a beast — a very big, very strong, imposing key forward — and those types aren't common. The problem is he'll do things that make you think "wow" — take a big contested mark, kick a thumping goal — then get injured in the very next minute. He'll have a shoulder reconstruction this week and that's the query: will he be fixed for good, or take ages to get his body going?

Wow. How spot on was this synopsis?

 

[Midsy]

Vickery leaving could be the making of Griffiths.

 

[tigerlove]

And we win 55% of games Griff plays and only 45% when TV plays. Griff may not kick as many goals as TV but the way he plays helps the forward structure.

I prefer keeping Griffiths over Vickery every day of the week but these sort of stats are just meaningless. You need to consider quality of opposition, how strong our sides were as a whole and many other factors. Raw win loss ratios mean nothing.

 

[joegarra]

I prefer keeping Griffiths over Vickery every day of the week but these sort of stats are just meaningless. You need to consider quality of opposition, how strong our sides were as a whole and many other factors. Raw win loss ratios mean nothing.

Except for the win/loss stats when Deledio plays :-(

 

[MB78]

Oh and the goals. More often than not he will kill any momentum we have by spraying an easy shot from 30 out. Too scared to have a ping from downtown. A very dissapointing player. Has the tools but is way to timid

I have this same frustration.

The fact that we are so light on for talls, makes him more important to as than his output that he has shown. Now is his time to deliver on his potential.

 

[Mr Brightside]

There's no more living on potential for Ben, age , expierence, oppurtunity is all there ready to make a difference to this side, there's no doubt his a better footballer then he was 12 months a go, however I still don't hold much hope that he will ever be much more then a tease, there's a lot of our teams attitude in the way Ben plays.

One thing for sure is we know his position, forward relieving ruck.

Love to think we can find a genuine second tall to help Jack next year.

 

[easy_tiger]

Wow. How spot on was this synopsis?

extraordinary.

Note to Frank: Dont take blokes whose performance graph looks like The Andes. But with only 1 or 2 big hills.

I think we're stuffed. Griff is a better looking Jesse White.

 

[Mr Brightside]

extraordinary.

Note to Frank: Dont take blokes whose performance graph looks like The Andes. But with only 1 or 2 big hills.

I think we're stuffed. Griff is a better looking Jesse White.

There's only one note to Frank " don't come Monday "

 

[easy_tiger]

There's only one note to Frank " don't come Monday "

yeah, that'd be a good note. Maybe print 'em on business cards and stick 'em in every pigeon hole in the joint

 

[Eat the rich]

Carpet bomb the joint with 'em.

 

[dcstar]

I am a big fan of Griffiths' potential - and have been from the first day I saw him play - but the reality is that he is an injury prone player that takes a lot of time to work back into being a valuable contributor in the team in the role the current coach wants him to play.

There is little use having potential if you are unable to make a regular contribution on the field, so I consider him fortunate to be kept on the list of a side that views tall players as a necessary evil only there to support the other 16 running robots that the coach wants on the field.

He'd probably be more use in a side that believes that tall targets that can win contests are the way to achieve success, but that side is not Richmond.